Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly on Monday asked Trump whether he suspected Russia had poisoned Lindsey Graham, citing Russia’s history of poisonings and Graham’s prior calls to remove Putin. Graham, 71, a leading Republican hawk known for strong support for U.S. military action, backing for Ukraine and Israel, and hardline stances on Russia and Iran, died Saturday after a "brief, acute illness." Trump said: "I'd love to say the answer is 'yes,' but I think he actually did have some health issues... an

TRUMP: Labor Department report shows June headline CPI 3.5% YoY; seasonally adjusted CPI -0.4% MoM, the largest monthly drop in six years.

Tehran Stock Exchange composite index fell about 65,000 points to near 4.8 million, with 61% of listed stocks retreating. Banks, petrochemicals, metals, pharmaceuticals, cement, leveraged funds, fixed-income funds, real estate and equity funds, and oil products were broadly lower; energy funds and the food sector advanced. Net outflows from stocks, pre-emptive subscription rights and equity funds totaled about 105.6 bln toman; fixed-income funds saw roughly 36 bln toman of net redemptions. Sell-side block orders stood near 13.1 tln toman versus buy-side block orders of about 3.7 tln toman.